Chester: West Cheshire Autism Hub

At the West Cheshire Autism Hub, we provide free, personalised support to autistic adults aged 16 and above, as well as their family. This can be accessed whenever needed throughout their lifespan.

Further details can be found HERE

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Rutland Cottesmore: Cottesmore Village link

 

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Chester: Rhymes & Stories for Young Children - Storyhouse - FREE Drop-in

Rhymes and stories for young children with the library team

Further information can be found HERE

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Rutland Cottesmore: Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club Oakham

 

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Rutland Cottesmore: Community Coffee Morning

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Rutland Cottesmore: WRVS Kendrew Barracks

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Rutland Cottesmore: Rutland County Council School Term Dates

 

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Rutland Cottesmore: Grow Together Sessions Kendrew Barracks & St Georges Barracks

 

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Rutland Cottesmore: Grow Together Sessions

 

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Armed Forces Charities benefit from over £270K contribution from Defence Discount Service

 

Defence Discount Service (DDS), the official MoD discount service, has contributed over £275,000 to military projects that support current and former members of the armed forces in the last 12 months.

Since its launch in 2012, DDS has given a percentage of all revenue to charitable causes that support the wellbeing of the Armed Forces community, endeavouring to help those who’ve served our nation both at home and abroad.

In the last year, DDS has donated funds to The Army Central Fund, RAF Central Fund, the Permanent Joint Headquarters Operations Welfare Fund and The Royal Navy.

The funds will be used for a range of projects, including providing mobile workout stations to deployed RAF personnel, supporting physical activity, and addressing social isolation with children and young people.

Money will also go towards the Defence Medical Welfare Service, which provides practical and emotional support to members of the Armed Forces community on a health treatment pathway; the Warrior Programme, which offers mental strength and resilience training to those affected by stress and anxiety; and the Army Welfare Service, which provides community support through various initiatives.

One example of an activity providing this support is Out of School Adventures, which offers high-quality activities for children and young people during school holidays, promoting wellbeing and addressing social isolation.

Scotland: Call Scotland updated

 

Our famous app wheel has been updated! We hope you like it and find it useful when it comes to narrowing down the choice of thousands of literacy support apps out there. 

Download the new version here http://www.callscotland.org.uk/.../ipad-apps-for.../

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DIO Families First Newsletter - Issue 7

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Rutland Cottesmore: Career Transition Partnership Events and News

Career and Transition Partnership Events and News

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Rutland Cottesmore: Useful Support & Resources

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Catterick: Mini Bus and Transit HIRE from 32 Engr Regt

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Rutland Cottesmore: HIVE IN 2022

 

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Chester: Supporting Children's Mental Health - Chester Central Primary Care Network

1 in 6 children and young people have a diagnosable mental health condition. If you're worried about a child or need advice and support for coping with anything affecting your child's mental health or wellbeing, there are different ways to seek help.

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Bovington: Garrison saddle club/riding school & stables

The Saddle Club exists for the benefit of all members of the Royal Armoured Corps, their wives and children. It’s facilities are also extended to RAC students attending courses at Bovington & Lulworth.
The Saddle Club is set within 65 acres of well-maintained, stock-proof, post-and-rail fenced paddocks with 65 good size barn style stables as well as an excellent indoor riding school

There is also a saddle and pony club for adults and children. Places are subject to demand. 

The stables are located near Bovington Nursery School and Tank Museum
For further information on full range of facilities including charges see www.racsaddleclub.co.uk or contact the stables on 01929 403580 

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Grantham: Welcome to The Spinney - no entry charge and all activities free

 

Welcome to The Spinney

The Spinney is a wonderful community woodland playspace in South Lincolnshire which adults and children can visit 365 days a year.

It provides a fantastic setting where everyone is allowed to run wild in the woods. There is no entry charge and all activities are free. Adjoining the Spinney there is a large wildflower meadow with mown paths where you can also walk at any time.

The Spinney is situated just north of the village of Little Bytham, which lies 6 miles north of Stamford on the B1176 road.

The Spinney

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Stafford: Smart Alert - anti social behaviour with pedal cycles/electric bikes/electric scooters

Pedal Cycles/Electric Bikes/Electric Scooters

Please can we reiterate under no circumstances should pedal cycles/electric bikes/manual or electric scooters/skate boards and roller skates be ridden through the town centre. Also Electric Scooters are currently illegal and cannot be used in a public area and if seen by any of our officers will be seized.

There is currently a PSPO - Public Space Protection Order in place for Stafford Town, this has been bought into force by Stafford Borough Council and has been active for over 12 months.

Within the PSPO are conditions around Anti Social Behaviour and riding bikes/scooters in the town and driving vehicles through the town.

If any of the conditions are breached, an on the spot fine of £75 will be issued. Full details of the PSPO can be found on Stafford Borough Council's website.

We will be working closely with Stafford BC to ensure the conditions of the PSPO are met and those ignoring the conditions will be dealt with accordingly.

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Rutland Cottesmore: Clothing Bank

A non- profit-making organisation who hope to support those who find themselves in need of good quality, wearable clothes by providing them with donated clothes that still have wear left in them and are ready for a second lease of life! Run by a small army of local volunteers, we charge no fee and are discreet and professional when it comes to whatever circumstances have led to people requiring our support. 

No clothing will be wasted – if overstocked local pop-up events will be held with all proceeds going to local charities. 

The Rutland Clothing Bank Team 

Tel. 07311 911605 

E. hello@therutlandclothingbank.org.uk

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Rutland Cottesmore: Whats On the BLOG!

 

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Step Together 'Armed Forces Community Programme'

Step Together run an 'Armed Forces Community Programme' supporting Personnel on Recovery Duty (PRD), Veterans and their families across the UK to make significant change in their lives. This is through one-to-one support and active engagement in the local community as a part of their recovery and resettlement.

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Vacancy for Personal Assistant (PA) – Field Services, British Gas

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Guidance on Service Pupil Premium - updated 19th May

 

The Department for Education (DfE) introduced the Service pupil premium (SPP) in April 2011 in recognition of the specific challenges children from Service families face and as part of the commitment to delivering the armed forces covenant.

State schools, academies and free schools in England, which have children of Service families in school years reception to year 11, can receive the SPP funding. It is designed to assist the school in providing the additional support that these children may need and is currently worth £335 per Service child who meets the eligibility criteria.

Updated guidance on the Service Pupil Premium is now on Gov.uk at this link: Service Pupil Premium: what you need to know

Grantham: treeline dental care supporting our Military families!

Check out treeline dental care for NHS places for dependents and families.

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Catterick: Armed Forces Veterans iHub every Monday

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Catterick: Discover Foxglove Covert your local Nature Reserve

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ASCN Virtual International Colloquium on Military Sexual & Other Forms of Abuse

 

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Rutland Cottesmore: Family Hub Grow together sessions

 

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Landlord Gas Safety Inspections (LGSIs) in Service Family Accommodation (SFA)

DIO and its suppliers are undertaking an important programme of works to carry out Landlord Gas Safety Inspections (LGSIs) across the SFA estate. This programme of works will commence on 22 May 2023 and is scheduled to complete by the end of June 2023.

You will be notified via letter if you are impacted. For families with short notice appointments during the week commencing 22 May 2023, you may also receive a telephone call and email from the suppliers.

It is vital that VIVO/Amey and their sub-contractors are allowed access to your home to carry out these inspections to ensure your family and neighbours remain safe. The Chain of Command across all three Services is supporting this programme and has agreed for Service personnel to make their SFA their place of duty on the day of appointment except where they are on essential duty elsewhere. DIO staff and unit staff have worked together to ensure that visits are planned around unit commitments wherever possible.

Families normally receive a one-hour slot for LGSI appointments. However, this has been temporarily paused for this important programme and an engineer will attend your home between the hours of 08:00 AM and 8:00 PM. We understand this may inconvenience some families and we are sorry for this, but we need to maximise engineers' time in your area to allow them to visit as many homes as possible throughout the day to complete the LGSIs.
LGSIs are required by law for all occupied rented homes and LGSI certificates need to be renewed every 12 months. It is vital that the engineer can access your home to conduct this mandatory safety inspection, providing access for this important safety visit is one of the terms of your licence.

For updates on Service Family Accommodation, please go to Service Family Accommodation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) where you can subscribe for update notifications.

Rutland Cottesmore: Rutland Community Wellbeing Service

The Rutland Community Wellbeing Service helps Rutland citizens to improve their personal health and wellbeing and the overall welfare of the community. Rutland Community Wellbeing Service will deliver an effective first response to all, through an interactive website, single telephone number and drop-in services Find out more

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Rutland Cottesmore: Flexible Working and You, A Guide for Service Personnel

 

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Prudhoe: Household Waste Recovery

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Hereford: Eat Sleep Live Herefordshire guide of exciting places

If you're looking for a family day out, Eat Sleep Live Herefordshire have put together a guide of exciting places to enjoy this summer. Start planning your next Herefordshire adventure with family & friends:
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Stafford: Staffordshire Smart Alert - under age vape sales in Stafford

Officers from Stafford Neighbourhood Policing Team have been working with Trading Standards and Stafford Borough Council in order to deal with the ongoing issues with sale of vaping products to minors. Vaping products, like other tobacco products, can only be sold to over 18s.

We have recently made an arrest in relation to this and seized a large quantity of vape pens believed not to conform to UK standards. Enquiries are still ongoing in to this and we would encourage anybody with concerns about the sale of any vape or tobacco products to underage children to contact Staffordshire Police on 101.

Police are hoping that tackling the sale of vapes to under 18s will also help reduce the associated antisocial behaviour in the vicinity of these locations and litter caused by packaging not being disposed of properly.

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Rutland Cottesmore: Rutland Veterans Wellbeing Hub at Oakham

 

Serving personnel are welcome too. We are hoping to have representatives from housing, citizens advice to name a few as well as various health organisations and military charities in the coming months

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Rutland Cottesmore: Citizens Advice Rutland is here to help

 In addition to our general advice service, we offer free, confidential and independent debt and budgeting advice. We have qualified Money Advice Caseworkers who can help people work out their budget, check they're receiving everything that they're entitled to and assist them with putting a debt solution in place if needed. 

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Rutland Cottesmore: Do you think you have a problem with Drugs or Alcohol?

 

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Stafford: Police Smart Alert - we need your help to encourage young people to Ditch the Blade

We need your help to encourage young people to Ditch the Blade

99% of young people aged 10 to 29 don’t carry knives, so it’s not a common thing.

Even though it’s not common we know that some young people choose to carry because they perceive that others are too, or because they feel pressure to do so. By coming together with our partners through the Ditch the Blade campaign, we aim to dispel these myths, educate young people on the reality of knife crime and offer support to anyone who may be feeling pressured to carry.

Over the next couple of weeks you may see increased coverage about how we tackle knife crime through our promotion of the Ditch the Blade campaign. By choosing to carry a knife young people put themselves in greater danger as their knife could be used against them and they also face a possible criminal record for carrying it.

Work to educate, inform and enforce on this topic happens every day, by highlighting this topic over the next couple of weeks we hope to encourage conversations in the community, to empower our young people to make the right choice and realise that carrying a knife is not a normal or acceptable thing to do.

If you have a young person in your family you can find advice on how to discuss the topic together, as well as links to support organisations, on our website: https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/police-forces/staffordshire-police/areas/staffordshire-police/campaigns/2021/ditchtheblade/

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Scotland: Are you missing out on claiming Wraparound Childcare funding?

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Think you can’t claim Wraparound Childcare (WAC)?

Are you a Service person in PSTAT Cat 3,4 or 5? You may be eligible to claim up to 20 hours of before and after school care for eligible children aged 4 to 11 years old.

Check if you are eligible:

RN Families - wraparound childcare | Royal Navy | Discover My Benefits (mod.gov.uk)

Army https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/army/army-families/families-wraparound-childcare]

RAF Families - wraparound childcare | RAF | Discover My Benefits (mod.gov.uk)

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Rutland Cottesmore: Kendrew Barracks Police Post

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